Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
Take away the wickedfrombefore the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.
WEB
Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
YLT
Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.
DBT
take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.